On Monday IBM stated that SoftLayer is fueling hybrid cloud adoption by attracting thousands of new clients including leading enterprises. To support this ongoing growth, IBM is also launching a range of new cloud services designed for the enterprise that are based on SoftLayer infrastructure.
Just one year after its acquisition, SoftLayer has become the galvanizing force behind IBM’s rapid acceleration to cloud leadership. IBM bought SoftLayer for $2 billion in July 2013 and has continued to invest significantly in its cloud portfolio.
Clients all over the world are moving to the IBM Cloud, with thousands migrating to SoftLayer in the past year alone. New enterprise customers including Macy’s, Whirlpool, Daimler subsidiary moovel Gmbh, Sicoss Group and many others are transforming their operations for the emerging hybrid cloud era. Hybrid cloud computing represents the best of both worlds, as it links traditional IT systems to the cloud. Clients can maintain on-premise control of key applications and data while moving other workloads – so-called systems of engagement with customers and partners — to the cloud for quick access to data, expansion of new services and cost reductions. In fact, nearly half of IBM’s top 100 strategic outsourcing clients who are among the world’s largest enterprises are already implementing cloud solutions with IBM as they transition to a hybrid cloud model.